Assembly comprising a holder and a pack filled with a powdered material

Abstract

The assembly comprises a holder and a pack filled with a granular material such as ground coffee, which is received in the holder. It comprises a first valve for closing and clearing a first dispensing opening in the pack, and the holder comprises a second valve for closing and clearing a second dispensing opening in the holder. The holder includes a dosing space. The first and second valve are detachably connected with each other, and in a first position of the first and second valve the first dispensing opening of the pack is closed by the first valve and the second dispensing opening of the holder is closed by the second valve, in a second position of the first and second valve the first dispensing opening of the pack is cleared and the second dispensing opening of the holder is closed by the second valve for filling the dosing space with the powder from the pack, and in a third position of the first and second valve the first valve closes the first dispensing opening of the pack and the second valve clears the second dispensing opening of the holder for dispensing from the assembly the powder contained in the dosing space.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An assembly comprising a holder and a pack filled with A granular material such as ground coffee, which pack is removably received in the holder, the holder being made of a rigid material and the pack being made of a flexible sheetlike material, characterized in that the pack comprises a first valve for closing and clearing a first dispensing opening in the pack, the holder comprises a second valve for closing and clearing a second dispensing opening in the holder, the holder including a dosing space which, in use, can be filled with the granular material from the pack, the first and second valve being detachably connected with each other, and in a first position of the first and second valve the first dispensing opening of the pack is closed by the first valve and the second dispensing opening of the holder is closed by the second valve, in a second position of the first and second valve the first dispensing opening of the pack is cleared and the second dispensing opening of the holder is closed by the second valve for filling the dosing space with the granular material from the pack, and in a third position of the first and second valve the first valve closes the first dispensing opening of the pack and the second valve clears the second dispensing opening of the holder for dispensing from the assembly the granular material contained in the dosing space. 
     
     
       2. An assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the holder is made at least substantially from a transparent material. 
     
     
       3. An assembly according to claim 2, characterized in that a sidewall of the dosing space is provided with a graduation. 
     
     
       4. An assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the pack and the holder are each of at least substantially rectangular design. 
     
     
       5. An assembly according to claim 4, characterized in that the holder is open at an upper end thereof. 
     
     
       6. An assembly according to claim 4, characterized in that the first valve is provided in an upright sidewall of the pack adjacent a top side of the pack. 
     
     
       7. An assembly according to claim 4, characterized in that the second valve is provided adjacent an upper end of the holder. 
     
     
       8. An assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the pack consists of a vacuum pack. 
     
     
       9. An assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the first valve is made of a rigid material. 
     
     
       10. An assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the second valve is made of a rigid material.